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1606 in science

The year 1606 CE in science and technology consisted of many events, some of which are listed below.

See also: 1605 in science, other events of 1606, 1607 in science, and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Exploration 2 Physics 3 Births 4 Deaths

Exploration

• Pedro Fernandez de Quiros discovered the islands which he named Austrialia del Espiritu Santo (now Vanuatu).

Physics

• At about this time, Galileo Galilei invented a thermometer based on the expansion of gas.

Births

• Edmund Castell - Linguist

Deaths